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List of veterans' organizations
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Canada
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police Veterans Association
- VeteransofCanada.ca
- Canadian Peacekeeping Veterans Association
- Canadian Army Veteran Motorcycle Units
- Royal Canadian LegionRoyal Canadian LegionThe Royal Canadian Legion is a non-profit Canadian ex-service organization founded in 1925, with more than 400,000 members worldwide. Membership includes people who have served as current and former military, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, provincial and municipal police, direct relatives of...
- Royal Canadian Naval Association
- Veterans Emergency Transition Services
Russia
- Warriors-Internationalists Affairs CommitteeWarriors-Internationalists Affairs CommitteeThe Warriors-Internationalists Affairs Committee is a central organization for participants of local wars of CIS that provides relationship between public organizations and state structures...
by the CISCISCIS usually refers to the Commonwealth of Independent States, a modern political entity consisting of eleven former Soviet Union republics.The acronym CIS may also refer to:-Organizations:...
Government Heads Council - War Veterans CommitteeWar Veterans CommitteeThe War Veterans Committee, or simply WVC is a public international association of social veterans' organizations since 1992. War Veterans Committee unites about 40 veterans' organizations of CIS states. The Head of WVC is Ruslan Aushev...
United States
- Air Force AssociationAir Force AssociationThe Air Force Association is an independent, 501 non-profit, civilian education organization, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia...
- Air Force Sergeants AssociationAir Force Sergeants AssociationThe Air Force Sergeants Association is a non-profit organization representing the professional and personal interests of nearly 111,000 active, retired and veteran total enlisted members of the United States Air Force and their families....
- American Cold War Veterans
- American Corporate PartnersAmerican Corporate PartnersAmerican Corporate Partners is a non-profit organization based in New York City dedicated to helping recently separated members of the armed services transition to the private sector. ACP provides veterans who have served on active duty since 2001 with free career counseling and networking...
- American Ex-Prisoners of WarAmerican Ex-Prisoners of WarPrisoners of War is a service organization that aims to assist the surviving U.S. military prisoner of war , particularly those who are elderly and those who have medical problems. Based in Arlington, Texas, the American Ex-Prisoners of War was founded in 1942. It received a congressional charter...
- American G.I. Forum
- American LegionAmerican LegionThe American Legion is a mutual-aid organization of veterans of the United States armed forces chartered by the United States Congress. It was founded to benefit those veterans who served during a wartime period as defined by Congress...
- American Legion Riders
- American Red CrossAmerican Red CrossThe American Red Cross , also known as the American National Red Cross, is a volunteer-led, humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief and education inside the United States. It is the designated U.S...
- American Veterans Motorcycle Club
- American Veterans Motorcycle Riders Association
- American Veterans Services
- American Veterans For Equal RightsAmerican Veterans for Equal RightsAmerican Veterans for Equal Rights is a U.S. non-profit organization which supports and advocates for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender veterans of the United States Armed Forces. It was founded by St. Sgt...
- AMVETSAMVETSAMVETS or American Veterans is a volunteer-led organization formed by World War II veterans which accepts honorably discharged veterans as members....
- Artistic American Veterans
- Association of Confederate SoldiersAssociation of Confederate SoldiersThe Association of Confederate Soldiers was an organization formed by veterans of the American Civil War in 1887 as an offshoot of the United Confederate Veterans...
- Blinded Veterans AssociationBlinded Veterans AssociationThe Blinded Veterans Association is a U.S non-profit organization that was established to "help veterans and their families meet and overcome the challenges of blindness"....
- Blue Alliance - LGBT Alumni of the U.S. Air Force Academy
- Catholic War Veterans
- Cherokee Nation Warriors SocietyCherokee Nation Warriors SocietyThe Cherokee Nation Warriors Society is a society of Cherokee Nation tribal members who are also military veterans, and who were honorably discharged from military service. The society is based in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and is administered by the Cherokee Nation Office of Veterans Affairs...
- Cold War Veterans Association
- Confederate Survivors AssociationConfederate Survivors AssociationThe Confederate Survivors Association was a fraternal organization for American Civil War veterans of the Confederate States Army. It was based in Augusta, Georgia, and remained active well into the 20th Century....
- Collegiate Veterans Association
- Disabled American VeteransDisabled American VeteransThe Disabled American Veterans, or DAV, is an organization for disabled veterans that helps them and their families through various means. It currently has over 1.2 million members...
- Fleet Reserve AssociationFleet Reserve AssociationThe Fleet Reserve Association is a non-profit organization chartered by the United States Congress that represents the interests of enlisted Navy, Coast Guard, and Marine veterans and active duty personnel in the United States....
- Grand Army of the RepublicGrand Army of the RepublicThe Grand Army of the Republic was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army, US Navy, US Marines and US Revenue Cutter Service who served in the American Civil War. Founded in 1866 in Decatur, Illinois, it was dissolved in 1956 when its last member died...
- Healing Heroes NetworkHealing Heroes NetworkHealing Heroes Network is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing financial assistance to veterans injured in the line of duty while in Iraq or Afghanistan on or after September 11, 2001...
- HeroBoxHeroBoxHeroBox sends custom care packages to American soldiers around the world. Founder, Ryan Housley, realized the need for customized care packages after receiving requests for specific items from his younger brother who was deployed in Iraq. The standard care packages were not always meeting the...
- Hope For Veterans
- Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of AmericaIraq and Afghanistan Veterans of AmericaIraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America , is an advocacy group dedicated to United States veterans of the War in Iraq and War in Afghanistan. The group claims to be the nation's first and largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization for veterans of the wars and has more than 200,000 Member Veterans...
or IAVA (formerly OpTruth) - Iraq Veterans Against the WarIraq Veterans Against the WarIraq Veterans Against the War is an advocacy group of active-duty United States military personnel, Iraq War veterans, Afghanistan War veterans, and other veterans who have served since the September 11, 2001 attacks who are opposed to the U.S. occupation of Iraq...
- Iraq War Veterans OrganizationIraq War Veterans OrganizationThe Iraq War Veterans Organization, or IWVO, was founded on April 12, 2003, by Russell K. Terry and William T. Hutchison. The original intent of the organization was to ensure that veterans returning from the war in Iraq, would not be subjected to the same treatment of veterans from the Vietnam...
- Jewish War Veterans of the USA
- Korean War Veterans Association
- Marine Corps LeagueMarine Corps LeagueThe Marine Corps League is the only Congressionally chartered United States Marine Corps-related veterans organization in the United States. Its Congressional Charter was approved by the 75th U.S. Congress and signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 4, 1937. The organization credits...
- Military Officers Association of AmericaMilitary Officers Association of AmericaThe Military Officers Association of America, or MOAA, is an association of 370,000 military officers, including active duty, retired, National Guard, Reserve, and former officers and their families. It is an independent, nonprofit, and politically nonpartisan organization...
- Military Order of Foreign WarsMilitary Order of Foreign WarsThe Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States is one of the oldest veterans' and hereditary associations in the nation with a membership that includes officers and their hereditary descendants from all of the Armed Services...
- Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United StatesMilitary Order of the Loyal Legion of the United StatesThe Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, also known by its acronym MOLLUS or simply as the Loyal Legion, is a United States patriotic order, organized April 15, 1865, by officers of the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States who "had aided in maintaining the honor,...
- Military Order of the Purple Heart
- Military Order of the World Wars
- The Mission Continues
- National Association for Black VeteransNational Association for Black VeteransNational Association for Black Veterans is a nationally-certified Veterans Service Organization and a United States Department of Veterans Affairs claims representative. NABVETS has membership and chapters throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, providing personal advocacy on behalf of...
- National Coalition for Homeless VeteransNational Coalition for Homeless VeteransThe National Coalition for Homeless Veterans — a 501 nonprofit organization governed by a 17-member board of directors — is the resource and technical assistance center for a national network of community-based service providers and local, state and federal agencies that provide emergency and...
- National Veteran-Owned Business Association
- Naval Enlisted Reserve Association (NERA)
- Navy Musicians AssociationNavy Musicians AssociationThe Navy Musicians Association is a non-profit veterans organization of past and present United States Navy musicians. The NMA was founded in 1995 and has become a 501 tax exempt veteran's organization under the U.S...
- New Battlefront FoundationNew Battlefront FoundationThe New Battlefront Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to aid veterans of the United States Armed Forces in their transition from military to civilian life...
- Operation Stand DownOperation Stand DownOperation Stand Down is a United States non-profit organization providing social services to United States Armed Forces veterans, helping them transition into civilian life. It has chapters across the United States, with one in Nashville, Tennessee among the most prominent.- External Links :Home...
- Paralyzed Veterans of AmericaParalyzed Veterans of AmericaThe Paralyzed Veterans of America is a veterans' service organization in the United States of America, founded in 1946. The organization holds 34 chapters and 61 National Service Offices in the United States...
- Pearl Harbor Survivors AssociationPearl Harbor Survivors AssociationThe Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, founded in 1958 and recognized by the United States Congress in 1985, is an organization whose members were at or in the vicinity of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during the Japanese attack of December 7, 1941....
- Retired Enlisted Association (TREA)
- Servicemembers Legal Defense NetworkServicemembers Legal Defense NetworkThe Servicemembers Legal Defense Network is a non-profit legal services, watchdog, and policy organization founded in the United States in 1993. It is dedicated to ending discrimination and harassment of gay and lesbian U.S. military personnel negatively affected by the "Don't ask, don't tell"...
- The Society of Hispanic Veterans
- Society of the CincinnatiSociety of the CincinnatiThe Society of the Cincinnati is a historical organization with branches in the United States and France founded in 1783 to preserve the ideals and fellowship of the American Revolutionary War officers and to pressure the government to honor pledges it had made to officers who fought for American...
- Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil WarSons of Union Veterans of the Civil WarSons of Union Veterans of the Civil War is an American fraternal organization, the legal successor to the Grand Army of the Republic . Founded in late 1881, it was originally one of several competing organizations of descendants of Union veterans...
- Sons of Confederate VeteransSons of Confederate VeteransSons of Confederate Veterans is an American national heritage organization with members in all fifty states and in almost a dozen countries in Europe, Australia and South America...
- Swords to PlowsharesSwords to PlowsharesSwords to Plowshares is a veterans organization that provides job training, housing, and benefits advocacy to low income and homeless U.S. military veterans. Swords to Plowshares also operates a drop-in center for veterans requiring emergency services, and engages in policy work...
- Ukrainian American VeteransUkrainian American VeteransThe Ukrainian American Veterans is a 501 non-profit organization of the United States, composed of Honorably Discharged Veterans of the United States Armed Forces, who are of Ukrainian heritage or descent. The UAV obtained its tax-exempt status from the IRS in 1984 and was incorporated in the...
- United Confederate VeteransUnited Confederate VeteransThe United Confederate Veterans, also known as the UCV, was a veteran's organization for former Confederate soldiers of the American Civil War, and was equivalent to the Grand Army of the Republic which was the organization for Union veterans....
- United Service OrganizationsUnited Service OrganizationsThe United Service Organizations Inc. is a private, nonprofit organization that provides morale and recreational services to members of the U.S. military, with programs in 160 centers worldwide. Since 1941, it has worked in partnership with the Department of Defense , and has provided support and...
- United Spanish War VeteransUnited Spanish War VeteransSoon after the Spanish-American War ended, in early 1899, discharged veterans rushed to form fraternal societies. Among these were the Spanish War Veterans, the Spanish-American War Veterans, the Servicemen of the Spanish War, American Veterans of Foreign Service, the Army of the Philippines, the...
- United Spinal AssociationUnited Spinal AssociationUnited Spinal Association is a nonprofit membership, disability rights and veterans service organization that was formed in 1946 as Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association. The mission of United Spinal Association is to improve the quality of life of Americans with spinal cord injuries or disorders...
- United States Submarine Veterans Inc. (USSVI)United States Submarine Veterans Inc. (USSVI)The United States Submarine Veterans, Inc. was created by a group of men from the United States Submarine Veterans of World War II. They shared a belief in the need of an organization open to all United States Navy submariners, from the very beginning of the Submarine Service to the present and...
- United States Submarine Veterans of World War IIUnited States Submarine Veterans of World War IIThe United States Submarine Veterans of World War II is a congressionally chartered veterans organization that was established to "perpetuate the memory of those shipmates who gave their lives in submarine warfare" during World War II.-Purpose:...
- U.S. Military Vets Motorcycle Club
- Veterans Advantage
- Veterans Campaign
- Veterans for AmericaVeterans For AmericaVeterans for America is an advocacy and humanitarian organization that works to ensure that America meets the needs of servicemembers and veterans who have served in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom . VFA focuses specifically on the signature wounds these conflicts:...
- Veterans for PeaceVeterans for PeaceVeterans For Peace is a United States organization founded in 1985. Made up of male and female US military veterans of World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and other conflicts, as well as peacetime veterans, the group works to promote alternatives to war.-Foundation:The...
- Veterans Foundation Incorporated
- Veterans History Project
- Veterans of Foreign WarsVeterans of Foreign WarsThe Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is a congressionally chartered war veterans organization in the United States. Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, VFW currently has 1.5 million members belonging to 7,644 posts, and is the largest American organization of combat...
- Veterans of Modern Warfare
- VETPAC
- Vietnamese American Armed Forces AssociationVietnamese American Armed Forces AssociationThe Vietnamese American Armed Forces Association , , is a non-profit, non partisan professional military association. It is the first military association for Vietnamese American service members in the United States...
- Vietnam Veterans Against the WarVietnam Veterans Against the WarVietnam Veterans Against the War is a tax-exempt non-profit organization and corporation, originally created to oppose the Vietnam War. VVAW describes itself as a national veterans' organization that campaigns for peace, justice, and the rights of all United States military veterans...
- Vietnam Veterans of AmericaVietnam Veterans of AmericaVietnam Veterans of America Inc. is a national non-profit corporation founded in 1978 in the United States that promotes the interests of United States military veterans of the Vietnam War era. It is funded without any contribution from any branch of government...
- Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Club
- Women In Military Service For America Memorial Foundation, Inc.
- Wounded Warrior ProjectWounded Warrior ProjectThe Wounded Warrior Project is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to "honor and empower wounded warriors" of the United States Armed Forces...
- Wildflecken Veterans Association